California Cities by Incorporation Date
UPDATED March, 2011 1
Jurupa Valley 7/1/2011
Eastvale 10/1/2010
Menifee 10/1/2008
Wildomar 7/1/2008
Rancho Cordova 7/1/2003
Goleta 2/1/2002
Aliso Viejo 7/1/2001
Elk Grove 7/1/2000
Rancho Santa Margarita 1/1/2000
Laguna Woods 3/24/1999
Oakley 7/1/1999
Citrus Heights 1/1/1997
Truckee 3/23/1993
Shasta Lake 7/2/1993
Windsor 7/1/1992
Buellton 2/1/1992
American Canyon 1/1/1992
Laguna Hills 12/20/1991
Lake Forest 12/20/1991
Yucca Valley 11/27/1991
Calabasas 4/5/1991
Malibu 3/28/1991
Chino Hills 12/1/1991
Murrieta 7/1/1991
Calimesa 12/1/1990
Canyon Lake 12/1/1990
Yucaipa 11/27/1989
Diamond Bar 4/18/1989
Laguna Niguel 12/1/1989
Temecula 12/1/1989
Lathrop 7/1/1989
Dana Point 1/1/1989
Apple Valley 11/28/1988
Mission Viejo 3/31/1988
Hesperia 7/1/1988
Santa Clarita 12/15/1987
Highland 11/24/1987
Twentynine Palms 11/23/1987
West Sacramento 1/1/1987
Encinitas 10/1/1986
Solana Beach 7/1/1986
Orinda 7/1/1985
Solvang 5/1/1985
Loomis 12/17/1984
West Hollywood 11/29/1984
Mammoth Lakes 8/20/1984
Moreno Valley 12/3/1984
East Palo Alto 7/1/1983
Moorpark 7/1/1983
San Ramon 7/1/1983
Agoura Hills 12/8/1982
Danville 7/1/1982
La Quinta 5/1/1982
Dublin 2/1/1982
Cathedral City 11/16/1981
Westlake Village 12/11/1981
Big Bear Lake 11/28/1980
Clearlake 11/14/1980
Poway 12/1/1980
Santee 12/1/1980
Paradise 11/27/1979
Avenal 9/11/1979
Atascadero 7/2/1979
Grand Terrace 11/30/1978
La Habra Heights 12/4/1978
Rancho Cucamonga 11/30/1977
Lancaster 11/22/1977
Lemon Grove 7/1/1977
La Canada Flintridge 11/30/1976
Marina 11/13/1975
Moraga 11/13/1974
Palm Desert 11/26/1973
Rancho Palos Verdes 9/7/1973
Rancho Mirage 8/3/1973
Hughson 12/9/1972
Irvine 12/28/1971
Foster City 4/27/1971
Adelanto 12/22/1970
Loma Linda 9/29/1970
Simi Valley 10/10/1969
Waterford 11/7/1969
Lafayette 7/29/1968
Carson 2/20/1968
Indian Wells 7/14/1967
Yorba Linda 11/2/1967
Scotts Valley 8/2/1966
South Lake Tahoe 11/30/1965
California City 12/10/1965
Carpinteria 9/28/1965
Yountville 2/4/1965
Rio Dell 2/23/1965
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California Cities by Incorporation Date
UPDATED March, 2011 2
Norco 12/28/1964
Camarillo 10/22/1964
Hawaiian Gardens 4/9/1964
Morro Bay 7/17/1964
Portola Valley 7/14/1964
Thousand Oaks 10/7/1964
Lomita 6/30/1964
Tiburon 6/23/1964
Clayton 3/18/1964
Ridgecrest 11/29/1963
Desert Hot Springs 9/25/1963
Cotati 7/16/1963
San Marcos 1/28/1963
Vista 1/28/1963
Villa Park 1/11/1962
Victorville 9/21/1962
Rohnert Park 8/28/1962
Palmdale 8/24/1962
Brisbane 11/27/1961
Pleasant Hill 11/14/1961
Hidden Hills 10/19/1961
San Juan Capistrano 4/19/1961
Weed 1/25/1961
Bell Gardens 8/1/1961
Arvin 12/21/1960
Cudahy 11/10/1960
Sand City 5/31/1960
Temple City 5/25/1960
Farmersville 10/5/1960
San Dimas 8/4/1960
La Mirada 3/23/1960
Commerce 1/28/1960
Novato 1/20/1960
Los Alamitos 3/1/1960
Lawndale 12/28/1959
Grover Beach 12/21/1959
Del Mar 7/15/1959
Half Moon Bay 7/15/1959
Artesia 5/29/1959
Rosemead 8/4/1959
Union City 1/26/1959
Walnut 1/19/1959
South El Monte 7/30/1958
Pico Rivera 1/29/1958
Escalon 3/12/1957
Pacifica 11/22/1957
Rolling Hills Estates 9/18/1957
Norwalk 8/26/1957
Duarte 8/22/1957
Bradbury 7/26/1957
McFarland 7/18/1957
Industry 6/18/1957
Fountain Valley 6/13/1957
Irwindale 8/6/1957
Santa Fe Springs 5/15/1957
Monte Sereno 5/14/1957
Westminster 3/27/1957
Bellflower 9/3/1957
Paramount 1/30/1957
Rolling Hills 1/24/1957
Downey 12/17/1956
Woodside 11/16/1956
Saratoga 10/22/1956
Cypress 7/24/1956
Imperial Beach 7/18/1956
Garden Grove 6/18/1956
Montclair 4/ 25/1956
Cerritos 4/24/1956
Stanton 6/4/1956
Los Altos Hills 1/27/1956
Baldwin Park 1/25/1956
Fremont 1/23/1956
Anderson 1/16/1956
La Puente 8/1/1956
La Palma 10/26/1955
Cupertino 10/10/1955
Newark 9/22/1955
Seaside 10/13/1954
Lakewood 4/16/1954
Milpitas 1/26/1954
Costa Mesa 6/29/1953
Ione 3/23/1953
Del Rey Oaks 9/3/1953
Buena Park 1/27/1953
Carlsbad 7/16/1952
Fontana 6/25/1952
Campbell 3/28/1952
Los Altos 12/1/1952
Huron 5/3/1951
Capitola 1/11/1949
San Pablo 4/27/1948
Port Hueneme 3/24/1948
Brentwood 1/21/1948
Orange Cove 1/20/1948
California Cities by Incorporation Date
UPDATED March, 2011 3
Millbrae 1/14/1948
Barstow 9/30/1947
Greenfield 1/7/1947
Live Oak 1/22/1947
Gonzales 1/14/1947
Coachella 12/13/1946
Galt 8/16/1946
Portola 5/16/1946
Pismo Beach 4/25/1946
Folsom 4/20/1946
Guadalupe 8/3/1946
Kerman 7/2/1946
Wasco 12/22/1945
Ripon 11/27/1945
Mendota 6/17/1942
Woodlake 9/23/1941
Palos Verdes Estates 12/20/1939
Palm Springs 4/20/1938
Shafter 1/20/1938
Tulelake 3/1/1937
Dos Palos 5/24/1935
Westmorland 6/30/1934
Fairfax 3/2/1931
Gardena 9/11/1930
Indio 5/16/1930
San Clemente 2/28/1928
Menlo Park 11/23/1927
Tustin 9/21/1927
Bell 11/7/1927
Laguna Beach 6/29/1927
Belmont 10/29/1926
Placentia 12/2/1926
San Carlos 7/8/1925
La Habra 1/20/1925
Colma 8/5/1924
Signal Hill 4/22/1924
Maywood 9/2/1924
Atherton 9/12/1923
Chowchilla 2/7/1923
Isleton 5/14/1923
West Covina 2/17/1923
South Gate 1/20/1923
Hawthorne 7/12/1922
Livingston 9/11/1922
Riverbank 8/23/1922
Atwater 8/16/1922
Torrance 5/12/1921
Parlier 11/15/1921
Soledad 3/9/1921
Lynwood 7/21/1921
Ojai 8/5/1921
Montebello 10/16/1920
Williams 5/17/1920
San Joaquin 2/14/1920
Patterson 12/22/1919
Calipatria 2/28/1919
Manteca 6/5/1918
Ceres 2/25/1918
El Cerrito 8/23/1917
Plymouth 2/8/1917
Culver City 9/7/1917
Davis 3/28/1917
Brea 2/23/1917
El Segundo 1/18/1917
Carmel-by-the-Sea 10/31/1916
Corte Madera 6/10/1916
Blythe 7/21/1916
Monterey Park 5/29/1916
Gustine 11/11/1915
Seal Beach 10/27/1915
Delano 4/13/1915
Amador 6/2/1915
San Bruno 12/23/1914
Corcoran 8/11/1914
Walnut Creek 10/21/1914
Fillmore 7/10/1914
Firebaugh 9/17/1914
Beverly Hills 1/28/1914
Sutter Creek 2/11/1913
Needles 10/30/1913
Avalon 6/26/1913
Banning 2/6/1913
San Marino 4/25/1913
San Gabriel 4/24/1913
Reedley 2/18/1913
Sunnyvale 12/24/1912
Manhattan Beach 12/12/1912
El Cajon 11/12/1912
Beaumont 11/18/1912
El Monte 11/18/1912
Clovis 2/27/1912
La Mesa 2/16/1912
Angels Camp 1/24/1912
Chula Vista 11/28/1911
California Cities by Incorporation Date
UPDATED March, 2011 4
Rialto 11/17/1911
Glendora 11/13/1911
Arroyo Grande 7/10/1911
Sanger 5/9/1911
King City 2/9/1911
San Fernando 8/31/1911
Burbank 7/8/1911
Maricopa 7/25/1911
Perris 5/26/1911
Daly City 3/22/1911
Exeter 3/2/1911
Tracy 7/22/1910
Taft 11/7/1910
Hillsborough 5/5/1910
Blue Lake 4/23/1910
Chino 2/28/1910
Lindsay 2/28/1910
Colfax 2/23/1910
Hemet 1/20/1910
Orland 11/11/1909
Roseville 4/10/1909
Tehachapi 8/13/1909
Dunsmuir 8/7/1909
Huntington Beach 2/17/1909
Montague 1/28/1909
Dorris 12/23/1908
Point Arena 7/11/1908
Newman 6/10/1908
Albany 9/22/1908
South San Francisco 9/19/1908
Ross 8/21/1908
Inglewood 2/7/1908
Fowler 6/15/1908
Burlingame 6/6/1908
Brawley 4/6/1908
Kingsburg 5/29/1908
Calexico 4/16/1908
El Centro 4/16/1908
Turlock 2/15/1908
Yuba City 1/23/1908
Holtville 7/1/1908
Larkspur 3/1/1908
San Anselmo 4/9/1907
Los Banos 5/8/1907
Corning 8/6/1907
Madera 3/27/1907
Claremont 10/3/1907
Sierra Madre 2/2/1907
Piedmont 1/31/1907
Hermosa Beach 1/14/1907
Oakdale 11/24/1906
Morgan Hill 11/10/1906
La Verne 8/20/1906
Lodi 12/6/1906
Dinuba 1/6/1906
Upland 5/15/1906
Tehama 7/5/1906
Coalinga 4/3/1906
Oroville 1/3/1906
Glendale 2/15/1906
Fortuna 1/20/1906
Huntington Park 9/1/1906
Newport Beach 9/1/1906
Santa Maria 9/12/1905
Gridley 11/23/1905
Vernon 9/22/1905
Concord 2/9/1905
Richmond 8/7/1905
Mt. Shasta 5/31/1905
Jackson 12/5/1905
Imperial 7/12/1904
Fullerton 2/15/1904
Fairfield 12/12/1903
Alhambra 7/11/1903
Oxnard 6/30/1903
Biggs 6/26/1903
Pinole 6/25/1903
Pittsburg 6/25/1903
Bishop 5/6/1903
Arcadia 8/5/1903
Mountain View 11/7/1902
Porterville 5/7/1902
Sebastopol 6/13/1902
Santa Paula 4/22/1902
Alturas 9/16/1901
Loyalton 8/21/1901
Covina 8/14/1901
Hercules 12/15/1900
Susanville 8/24/1900
Lemoore 7/4/1900
Mill Valley 9/1/1900
Azusa 12/29/1898
Bakersfield 1/11/1898
Winters 2/09/1898
California Cities by Incorporation Date
UPDATED March, 2011 5
Whittier 2/25/1898
Long Beach 12/13/1897
Belvedere 12/24/1896
Emeryville 12/08/1896
Corona 7/13/1896
San Juan Bautista 5/04/1896
Pleasanton 6/18/1894
Rio Vista 1/06/1894
Palo Alto 4/23/1894
San Mateo 9/04/1894
Ferndale 8/28/1893
Sausalito 9/04/1893
Selma 3/15/1893
Grass Valley 3/13/1893
Rocklin 2/24/1893
Vacaville 8/09/1892
Redondo Beach 4/29/1892
Hanford 8/12/1891
Ontario 12/10/1891
Coronado 12/11/1890
Lincoln 8/07/1890
Monterey 6/14/1890
Paso Robles 3/11/1889
Fort Bragg 8/05/1889
Pacific Grove 7/05/1889
Merced 4/01/1889
Willits 11/19/1888
Compton 5/11/1888
Lake Elsinore 4/09/1888
Lompoc 8/13/1888
Escondido 10/08/1888
Orange 4/06/1888
Pomona 1/06/1888
Tulare 4/05/1888
Lakeport 4/30/1888
San Jacinto 4/20/1888
Redlands 12/03/1888
Oceanside 7/03/1888
Auburn 5/02/1888
South Pasadena 3/02/1888
Monrovia 12/15/1887
Colton 7/11/1887
Los Gatos 8/10/1887
National City 9/17/1887
Redding 10/04/1887
Santa Monica 11/30/1886
Pasadena 6/19/1886
Calistoga 1/06/1886
Willows 1/16/1886
Santa Ana 6/01/1886
Fresno 10/12/1885
Modesto 8/06/1884
Riverside 10/11/1883
Sonoma 9/03/1883
Berkeley 4/04/1878
Dixon 3/30/1878
Etna 3/13/1878
Hayward 3/11/1876
Ukiah 3/08/1876
Red Bluff 3/31/1876
St. Helena 3/24/1876
Anaheim 3/18/1876
Livermore 4/01/1876
Martinez 4/01/1876
Wheatland 4/23/1874
Salinas 3/04/1874
Visalia 2/27/1874
San Rafael 2/18/1874
Chico 1/08/1872
Antioch 2/06/1872
Hollister 3/26/1872
Napa 3/23/1872
San Leandro 3/21/1872
Fort Jones 3/16/1872
Cloverdale 2/28/1872
Woodland 2/22/1871
Gilroy 3/12/1870
Trinidad 11/07/1870
San Bernardino 8/10/1869
Suisun City 10/09/1868
Colusa 6/16/1868
Vallejo 3/30/1868
Watsonville 3/30/1868
Santa Rosa 3/26/1868
Redwood City 5/11/1867
Healdsburg 2/20/1867
Santa Cruz 3/31/1866
Ventura 4/02/1866
Petaluma 04/12/1858
Arcata 2/02/1858
Yreka 4/21/1857
Nevada City 4/19/1856
Eureka 4/18/1856
San Luis Obispo 2/16/1856
California Cities by Incorporation Date
UPDATED March, 2011 6
Placerville 5/13/1854
Alameda 4/19/1854
Crescent City 4/13/1854
Santa Clara 7/05/1852
Oakland 5/04/1852
Marysville 2/05/1851
Sonora 5/01/1851
Santa Barbara 4/09/1850
Stockton 7/23/1850
Los Angeles 4/04/1850
Benicia 3/27/1850
San Diego 3/27/1850
San Jose 3/27/1850
Sacramento 2/27/1850
San Francisco 2/18/1850